Audiobook read by Tom Taylorson who did a superb job.
What a fun book! A cozy fantasy I actually really enjoyed. A former military man, and trained EMT is in search of a job. An elderly wizard needs a butler. A match made in, well, somewhere.
Fun story of retired spies who get drawn back into the game when a dead body is dumped on one's driveway.
Enjoyable characters, twisty plot, nicely written.
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This series is fast paced, funny and plays with pseudoscience (a lot) so well you can almost believe it. Skippy, the alien AI, makes the series. He's such a smart ass.
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Atmospheric and haunting, the story of a kidnapped girl, and a dead girl who lives again. And a very special pig.
I found the start very confusing and disjointed. Three totally unrelated stories, one of the battle of Troy, a second robots on Io, and a third humans living on a reconstructed world with essentially no knowledge of their history or geography, and obnoxious mostly.
At the end, of course, the three pieces come together. However, I found that even so, much of it made little sense to me, as to the whys and wherefores.
I am delighted with my 2024 reading. Lots of good books, and not to many duds.
Interesting and surprising beginning of a Canadian mystery series. I liked how uncomfortable Karl can be in situations. He's not the typical cop. He's vulnerable, crotchety at times, and stubborn. He's also sometimes needy.
The victim was well portrayed and complex with depths and surprises. The mystery, while we knew who dunnit from the beginning, was still intriguing enough to hold my interest easily.
Oh no! Already in trouble, with too many books to read! I'll have to read harder!
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My first shot at Bingo and I did really well! I'll do it for 2025 also.
Moving on th 2025!
I do love this series! Cozy mystery with lots of twists and turns and terrific characters. I thought the ending abrupt for this one though. Hopefully we'll learn more about the characters in the next book?
Last book for the year!
Complex and exciting series about great ships plying trade among the stars. A conspiracy must be exposed and defeated.
Strong characterization, twisty plot, fascinating aliens and a magnificent AI.
Here's my January #Bookspin #Doublespin. I'll also do #BookspinBingo
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Happy New Year Everyone!
[To Ride Hell's Chasm] - Janny Wurts
Written beautifully of course but it is a DNF for me because I can't stand books where animals die. Kill as many humans as you like, but knock off the dogs, cats or horses and I'm outta here
I did read 88 percent of it, struggling because of above.
Scottish noir, and this one is definitely noir. Very grim but still the black humor is there front and center. I do enjoy the personal stories and admittedly inappropriate humor and byplay between the officers as they struggle to find answers and hold back their own horror.
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Fun re-interpretation of the Camelot myth. Strong female characters, a quirky plot, and nicely written. I really enjoyed it (no annoyingly upfront romance stuff) so I'm planning to continue the series.
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Interesting quest space opera with really alien aliens and nicely drawn characters. I enjoyed her imaginative retelling of the grail quest.
Solid, well written spy story from the Cold War. Characters are nicely wrought, and the story moves along smartly, especially in the last third of the tale.
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Enjoyable series set during the 20s, with a bit more romance than I generally like but at least it doesn't take away from the story. The magic is interesting and makes it better. Will probably continue the series.
Fun stroll through old England during the war, as a nosy Parker, who harrasses the people of her village about their sinful ways, is found dead, face down in a cess pool. Littlejohn meets eccentric character after eccentric character in search of the killer.
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Space battles, spies, betrayals and desperate action. Okay series, but not as good as some other space opera.
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I really wanted to like this series, but I find the bright young things tiresome and boring. I finished it, but this will be the last of the series I read.
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The strength of this series is in the details on Venice. Personal, police wise, and general ways of seeing the world and living there.
Okay, my first shot at doing Bookspin Bingo. Two already checked off.
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A version of Little Fuzzy that goes into more detail and covers the aftermath of the Fuzzy intro to humans.
The first half was slow and a bit too like the orignial. Second half was much better. I liked the morally questionable, pragmatic protag and especially liked Carl.
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I love Jury and his friend Melrose Plant. Such great characters. This one is darker than normal with murders of children and dark pasts involved.
I keep getting these books because of the gorgeous covers and I'm generally disappointed in the book itself. It was okay, and I finished it. Not enough dragons to keep me really interested though,. Romance a bit much to believe.
Great ships are being killed. An orphan, just out of school is assigned to a great ship and she travels out into the black to find her future, see aliens and find a way to reinstate herself as head of her family.
Enjoyable space battles, lots of tech and science which I love. Aliens are, uhm, alien, and the secret behind the attacked Great Ships becomes even muddier.
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I'm going to try Bookspin Bingo this month. I haven't done that so want to give it a try and perhaps do it for 2025.
I love this series sooo soooo much. The characters are so interesting, screwups and fascinating as they try to save the world whilst the big boys are clueless as usual.
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My favorite of the series. All the elements come together in a terrific space opera. Great characters, twists and turns, complex plot, and of course terrific world building.
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Ugh. I read 200 pages of this even though the main character made me uncomfortable in how he treated women. After he broke a woman through horrible interrogation then took her to bed that was more than I could stand.
DNF
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I've been on a roll with spy stories so thought I'd get to this one that has been in my tbr for some time. Fun story about a 14 year old recruited by MI6. Lots of action, and a character you can like.
You know, I really don't much care about the plots (although they are pretty good) in his books, I'm too busy enjoying the characters who are always quirky, complex and funny in one way or another. And, a cat called Trouble.
Looking forward to book 2!
Fun first contact with a hopeful and advanced outlook.
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Another version of the 1947 event at Roswell, NM. Aliens return in current time and things get crazy. First half of book is fairly slow but interesting. If you like action, that starts about half way through, once we learn the specifics of the group, their competition and the aliens.
Cozy mystery featuring a bunch of well to do characters who aren't really big on brains. I needed something light and I got it.
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I've been distracted with family stuff and what's going on in the US so I really didn't give this book the attention it deserved. Still enjoyed it though.
